Let us lie close, as lovers should, That, if I wake when barn-cocks crow — I'll feel your body at my side, And hear your breathing come and go. When dreams, one night, had moved our bodies, I, waking, listened for your breath; I feared to reach and touch your face, That it was icy-cold in death. Let us lie close, as lovers should, And count our breaths, as some count sheep; Until we say 'Good night', at last, And with one kiss prepare for sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 9 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN HESPERUS THE BRINGER by SAPPHO THE WANING MOON by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 26. PLATONIC LOVE by PHILIP AYRES THE BLUNDER by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |